How many times have Chinese people moved south in history to form today's Hakka?

As for "Hakkas", historians generally believe that Hakkas are Han Chinese who migrated from the Central Plains. Due to the invasion of frontier tribes, Hakka ancestors moved from the Central Plains to the south. Later, they moved to the south and scattered all over the country, forming a situation in which Hakka people were scattered in many areas.

The first great population migration in the Central Plains (3 17 ~ 879) was caused by the invasion of the Five Chaos. In order to take refuge, from Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty, the Han nationality in the Central Plains began to move south, which was called "exile" at that time. Three tributaries gradually formed, and finally reached south-central Jiangxi, Fujian and other places as far as possible, while the nearest tributaries still lingered in Shui Ying, Huaishui, Rushui and Hanshui.

The second southward migration (880 ~ 1 126) was caused by the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty. After more than ten years of turmoil, people all over China have separated. In this migration, a few people arrived in Hui, Jia, Shao and other places, while most people stayed in Minting House and eastern Ganzhou.

The third migration (A.D. 1 127 ~ 1644), during the Song Dynasty, due to the invasion of Jin and Yuan Dynasties, some Hakkas migrated again. This time, because Wen Tianxiang and others organized troops in the mountainous areas of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi to resist foreign invasion, the junction of the three provinces became an important place for both sides to attack and defend. Therefore, the clans of the Central Plains who came to Fujian and Jiangxi first migrated to eastern Guangdong and northern Guangdong. At the same time, the number of people flowing into Tingzhou increased by several days.

The fourth migration (A.D. 1645 ~ 1843), in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, on the one hand, the Hakka population continued to expand, on the other hand, Manchu tribes entered China. After resisting the inability of the Qing dynasty to settle in, the people migrated alone again and were forced to scatter around. A considerable number of people moved to Sichuan and other places destroyed by war and fire to reclaim land for farming. Yes, it is the fourth migration, "moving lakes and filling Sichuan". In order to win the hearts and minds of the south, Emperor Kangxi gave 8 taels of silver to every man and 4 taels to women and children, and encouraged the Hakkas to move to Sichuan, Guangxi and Taiwan Province provinces. Comrade Zhu De's ancestors, who have always been proud of Hakkas, moved from Shaoguan to Sichuan in this migration.

The fifth migration took place at the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement (after 1866), which was at the end of the Qing Dynasty. This can be said to be a worldwide migration. With the population growth and poor mountain conditions, there is not enough support for the population. As a result, Hakkas went south to Leizhou, Qinzhou, Guangzhou, Chaoshan and other places, and crossed the ocean to Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan Province Province, Nanyang Islands, and even as far away as Europe and America.

After many migrations, Hakkas began to settle in various places and multiply from generation to generation, eventually becoming an important and special ethnic group of the Chinese nation today.

Up to now, it is estimated that there are about10.2 billion Hakkas at home and abroad, among which one third of the Chinese in Hong Kong are Hakkas. One fifth to one quarter of the population in Taiwan Province Province are Hakkas. On the mainland, in addition to Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, there are also a considerable number of Hakkas in Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan provinces. There are many Hakkas overseas, in Southeast Asian countries, Australia, the United States and Canada.

From countless precious historical materials and genealogical data, it can be seen that every surname in almost every place respects the ancestors who moved to western Fujian as the southern ancestors, and takes western Fujian as the end point for Hakka ancestors to bid farewell to the Central Plains and the starting point for becoming Hakka.